The Bridgewater-Raynham Trojans and the Somerset Berkley Regional Raiders are set to duel on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, everything went Bridgewater-Raynham's way against St. John Paul II as Bridgewater-Raynham made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trojans.
One reason for the win was Bridgewater-Raynham's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-17, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Somerset Berkley Regional sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Dighton-Rehoboth Regional on Monday.
Somerset Berkley Regional got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 19-25, 32-34, 25-14, 15-8.
Somerset Berkley Regional was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in eight consecutive games.
Bridgewater-Raynham's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 12-6. As for Somerset Berkley Regional, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season.
Bridgewater-Raynham beat Somerset Berkley Regional 3-1 when the teams last played back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bridgewater-Raynham since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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